{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-1983/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-1983/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/1164",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-1983",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1983 and shall come into operation on 21st November 1983.\n(2) In this Scheme the expression “the principal Scheme” means the S.I. 1983/686 Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983.\n(3) In relation to any award under the principal Scheme which is payable weekly and to which any provision of this Scheme relates, the foregoing reference to 21st November 1983 shall, where that date is not the normal weekly pay day for that award, be construed as a reference to the date of the first weekly pay day for that award immediately following 21st November 1983.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/1164/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:58:46.646079+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}